Bay's best Film

Rating: 8/10 (19 August 2011)

You don't normally hear the words Micheal Bay and Box-Office Bomb in the same sentence, but it's true. This movie did not do very well at the box office, and it's a shame. The Island is Bay's best movie, at least from what I've seen (haven't seen the Rock), and definitely deserved to be a hit.
OK, first the bad stuff, there are plot holes, quite a few plot holes to be exact. Normally I don't mind plot holes in an action blockbuster, but this plot needed to be smoothed over. Also the intelligence of the character's always changes. They said they are as smart as 15 year olds, but at times they talk like 4 year olds, and even sometimes like 30 year olds. And there is way too much shaky cam during the fight scenes.
The main thing I like about this movie is...well...the plot. I know, it's almost like a rule that the plot has to suck in a Micheal Bay film. You can like the action and special effects, but the plot must suck. But it doesn't, I really like this idea, and it brings up some good questions. Would you kill someone if it meant that you could live longer. Some scenes get pretty hard to watch at times because you don't want to see the people killed. That doesn't mean the action and effects are bad. While the action is a too shaky, it's still entertaining. And I love the look of the future. It isn't too far fetched that a future would look like this. The cars don't hover, but they look different. They don't have super advanced technology that you would expect an alien to have. And the acting isn't half bad.
The Island is an entertaining blockbuster that actually has a very interesting plot. It brings up questions without easy answers, and has some good action, effects and humor to boot. I have heard it ripped off like three other movies, but I didn't see those movies, so for me this was very original.